11 pirates sentenced in Seychelles
(BRUSSELS2) Eleven pirates were sentenced by the Seychelles Supreme Court for piracy on Wednesday (October 2) to sentences of between 18 months and 16 years in prison. They were arrested by a Dutch ship, the HNLMS Van Amstel, on May 11, 2012, as part of the European anti-piracy operation Eunavfor Atalanta; the Dutch Lynx helicopter had spotted the dhow pulling 2 skiffs 400 miles from the Somali coast a few days after the attack on a merchant ship, the MV Super Lady. In this Iranian dhow, the 11 pirates were holding the 17 fishermen hostage.
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